Remote startup system, center server, and remote startup method

Abstract

A remote startup system includes a first terminal and a second terminal, a center server configured to communicate with each of the first terminal and the second terminal and receive a startup request from each of the first terminal and the second terminal, and a vehicle on which a driving device is mounted, the vehicle being configured to communicate with the center server, receive a startup request from the center server, and start up the driving device. The remote startup system is configured to prohibit startup of the driving device based on a startup request from the second terminal when the driving device is started up and being operated based on the startup request from the first terminal or when the driving device is likely to be started up based on the startup request from the first terminal.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A remote startup system comprising:
 a first terminal;   a second terminal;   a center server configured to communicate with each of the first terminal and the second terminal and receive a startup request from each of the first terminal and the second terminal; and   a vehicle on which a driving device is mounted, the vehicle being configured to communicate with the center server, receive a startup request from the center server, and start up the driving device,   wherein the remote startup system is configured to prohibit startup of the driving device based on a startup request from the second terminal when the driving device is started up and being operated based on the startup request from the first terminal or when the driving device is likely to be started up based on the startup request from the first terminal.   
     
     
         2 . The remote startup system according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 each of the first terminal and the second terminal includes a pairing request transmission unit configured to transmit a pairing request for requesting a one-to-one connection between a connection target of a predefined one of the center server and the vehicle and a terminal including the pairing request transmission unit among the first terminal and the second terminal to the center server with the connection target as a destination;   one of the center server and the vehicle corresponding to the connection target includes a pairing establishment unit configured to establish a one-to-one connection state with the connection target with solely one of the terminal and the second terminal as a target according to the received pairing request; and   the center server or the vehicle includes a controller configured to accept solely the startup request transmitted from a terminal of which the connection state with the connection target is established by the pairing establishment unit among the first terminal and the second terminal and start up the driving device.   
     
     
         3 . The remote startup system according to  claim 2 , wherein the pairing establishment unit is configured to release the connection state between the first terminal and the connection target and establish the connection state between the second terminal and the connection target when the pairing request is received from the second terminal in a situation in which the connection state between the first terminal and the connection target is established. 
     
     
         4 . The remote startup system according to  claim 3 , wherein:
 the pairing request transmission unit is configured to transmit an agreement notification indicating agreement on release of the connection state between the first terminal and the connection target to the center server together with or separately from the pairing request according to a predetermined operation of a user; and   the pairing establishment unit is configured to release the connection state between the first terminal and the connection target and establish the connection state between the second terminal and the connection target when the pairing request and the agreement notification are received from the second terminal.   
     
     
         5 . The remote startup system according to  claim 3 , wherein:
 one of the center server and the vehicle corresponding to the connection target includes a release schedule notification transmission unit configured to transmit a release schedule notification indicating the connection state between the first terminal and the connection target is scheduled to be released, to the first terminal or the center server with the first terminal as a destination, the notification of the release schedule notifying that the connection state is to be released when the pairing request is transmitted from the second terminal to the center server with the connection target as a destination in a situation in which the connection state between the first terminal and the connection target is established;   each of the first terminal and the second terminal includes a display unit configured to display an operation screen for allowing a user to agree on release of the connection state between the first terminal including the display unit and the connection target when the release schedule notification is received;   each of the first terminal and the second terminal includes an agreement notification transmission unit configured to transmit an agreement notification indicating agreement on release of the connection state to the center server with the connection target as a destination when an operation of agreeing on release of the connection state between the first terminal including the agreement notification transmission unit and the connection target is performed in the operation screen; and   the pairing establishment unit is configured to release the connection state between the first terminal and the connection target and establish the connection state between the second terminal and the connection target when the agreement notification is received from the first terminal.   
     
     
         6 . The remote startup system according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 each of the first terminal and the second terminal includes a right request transmission unit configured to transmit a right request for requesting assignment of a right to perform the startup of the driving device based on the startup request to the center server with a request target of predefined one of the center server and the vehicles as a destination; and   the request target among the center server and the vehicle includes a right assignment unit configured to assign a right to solely one of the first terminal and the second terminal as a target in response to a right request transmitted from the first terminal and the second terminal.   
     
     
         7 . The remote startup system according to  claim 6 , wherein:
 the center server or the vehicle includes a retry request transmission unit configured to transmit a retry request for requesting an ex-post retransmission of the right request to the second terminal or the center server with the second terminal as a destination when a right request is transmitted from the second terminal or when a function for transmitting the startup request is activated in the second terminal in a case where a right is assigned to the first terminal by the right assignment unit; and   each of the first terminal and the second terminal includes a display unit that is configured to display a notification for requesting an ex-post retransmission of the right request when the retry request is received.   
     
     
         8 . The remote startup system according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 each of the first terminal and the second terminal includes a right request transmission unit configured to transmit a right request for requesting assignment of a right to perform the startup of the driving device based on the startup request to the center server with a request target of predefined one of the center server and the vehicles as a destination;   one of the center server and the vehicle corresponding to the request target includes a right assignment unit configured to assign a right to a terminal that is a transmission source of the right request among the first terminal and the second terminal when the right request is received;   the center server or the vehicle includes a controller configured to start up the driving device based on the startup request received from a terminal to which the right is assigned by the right assignment unit among the first terminal and the second terminal; and   the controller is configured to prohibit the startup of the driving device based on the startup request transmitted from the other terminal to which the right is assigned by the right assignment unit among the first terminal and the second terminal when the driving device is started up and being operated based on a startup request from one of the first terminal and the second terminal to which the right is assigned by the right assignment unit or when the driving device is likely to be started up.   
     
     
         9 . The remote startup system according to  claim 8 , wherein:
 the center server or the vehicle includes a non-permission notification transmission unit configured to transmit a non-permission notification indicating that the startup of the driving device based on the startup request is not permitted to the other terminal or the center server with the other terminal to which the right has been assigned by the right assignment unit among the first terminal and the second terminal as a destination, when the driving device is started up and being operated based on the startup request from the one terminal to which the right has been assigned by the right assignment unit among the first terminal and the second terminal or when the driving device is likely to be started up;   each of the first terminal and the second terminal includes a display unit configured to display an operation screen including an operation portion for transmitting the startup request to the center server; and   when the non-permission notification is received, an indication that the startup of the driving device based on the startup request is not permitted is displayed, and the operation portion is not displayed or is displayed in a state in which the operation portion is not operated on the operation screen of the display unit.   
     
     
         10 . A center server configured to communicate with each of a first terminal, a second terminal, and a vehicle, receive a startup request transmitted from each of the first terminal and the second terminal, and start up a driving device mounted on the vehicle based on the startup request, wherein the center server is configured to prohibit startup of the driving device based on a startup request from the other terminal among the first terminal and the second terminal when the driving device is started up and being operated based on the startup request from one of the first terminal and the second terminal or when the driving device is likely to be started up based on the startup request from the first terminal. 
     
     
         11 . A remote startup method that is executed by a remote startup system including a first terminal and a second terminal; a center server communicable with each of the first terminal and the second terminal, and a vehicle communicable with the center server, and starting up a driving device mounted on the vehicle based on a startup request transmitted from each of the first terminal and the second terminal to the center server, the remote startup method comprising prohibiting startup of the driving device based on the startup request from the other terminal among the first terminal and the second terminal when the driving device is started up and being operated based on the startup request from one of the first terminal and the second terminal or when the driving device is likely to be started up based on the startup request from the first terminal.